Humour among Chinese and Greek Preschool Children in Relation to Cognitive Development

Autor/inn/en	Guo, Juan; Zhang, XiangKui; Wang, Yong; Xeromeritou, Aphrodite
Titel	Humour among Chinese and Greek Preschool Children in Relation to Cognitive Development
Quelle	In: International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 3 (2011) 3, S.153-170 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1307-9298
Schlagwörter	Humor; Young Children; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Cognitive Development; Child Development; Cultural Influences; Correlation; Developmental Stages; Social Cognition; Kindergarten; Student Evaluation; Responses; Cultural Differences; Cross Cultural Studies; Pictorial Stimuli; Interviews; Preschool Teachers; China; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humoristische Darstellung; Frühe Kindheit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Korrelation; Soziale Kognition; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Kultureller Unterschied; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Fantasieanregung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Griechenland
Abstract	The researchers studied humour among Chinese and Greek preschool children in relation to cognitive development. The sample included 55 Chinese children and 50 Greek children ages 4½ to 5½ years. Results showed that both Chinese and Greek children's humour recognition were significantly and positively correlated to their cognitive development, but there was a different correlation pattern between humour response levels and cognitive development. Chinese children's level of humour responses was negatively and moderately correlated to their level of cognitive development in contrast to the positive correlation between these two variables among the Greek children. It would appear that cultural factors play a strong role in determining the correlation between humour response and cognitive development among young children. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01